Removing and installing rear door window

Special tools and workshop equipment required

• Torque wrench - V.A.G 1331-
• Torque wrench - V.A.G 1783-
• Roller - T 10314-
• Release tool - T 10236-
• Removal wedge - 3409-

Removing

• Remove rear door trim ⇒ General body repairs, interior; Rep. gr. 70; Rear door trims; Removing and installing rear door trim.
• Lever out cover cap -5-.
• Lower door window -6- until spreader pin -4- and spreader plug -3- in cut-out of window regulator -2- are accessible.

• Screw 5 mm bolt (approx. 70 mm long) into spreader pin -4-, and pull bolt together with spreader pin out of spreader plug -3-.
• Screw an 8 mm bolt (approx. 80 mm long) into spreader plug -3-.

• Pull spreader plug -3- out of window regulator guide -1- and, in doing so, out of door window.

• Remove trim ⇒ 3.14 Removing and installing C-pillar trim on door.
• Pull rear part of window channel -2- out of mounting.
• Pull door window -1- upwards at an angle -arrows- to vehicle exterior out of window slot.

Installing

• Insert spreader plug -3- and centre it in the middle with the window glass -1- removed.
• Press spreader pin -4- flush into spreader plug -3-.
• Insert door window -1- into door -2- -arrows a- and insert door window into slot of window regulator guide -5-.
• With light pressure from above -arrows b-, push down window -1- until it engages with window regulator -5-.
• Then perform remaining installation in reverse order of removal.

• Carry out functional test function before installing door trim.